Overnite work on firearm

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johnwilliamson062

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My understanding is anyone holding a gun overnight to work on for a fee is required to have an FFL and log the firearm. How exactly does this work? If I send someone a shogun to have an polychoke added it gets logged in their FFL book?
 
good point. It is an old italian break action so I wasn't thinking about it. Actually, I am not sure which part has a serial number or if it even has one at all. Sending just the barrel will save me a small fortune.
Really more of a general question that just came up because I seem to be doing this a lot.
 
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If it's just the barrel, it won't need to be logged.

If it's a receiver or a complete firearm, they have to log it into the books. Most shops keep a separate A/D book for repairs to obviate the need for a 4473.
 
so that goes into their normal records and is turned over to the ATFE if the shop closes or can be searched at any time? What if the gun is not kept over night?
 
so that goes into their normal records and is turned over to the ATFE if the shop closes or can be searched at any time?
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Generally, guns kept for repair are kept in a separate bound book. The dealer signs it in on the left side, and when you pick it up, you sign it out on the right side. No 4473 is necessary.

However, the shop has to log any gun that's kept overnight. One of the quickest ways to get the Arched Eyebrow of Doom on an audit is for the ATF to find an unaccounted gun during an inspection. To them, it suggests that the dealer is doing some shenanigans off the books.

The book is checked during an audit, and the shop has to send it in with the other books (and forms) when they shut down. It gets whisked off to the mountains of West Virginia, where it gets lumped in with all the other tens of thousands of stacks of old dealer records.

What if the gun is not kept over night?
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It only has to go on the books if it's kept after the close of business.
 
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